On January 3, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. In today's Western Conference Focus showdown, the Lakers will host the Timberwolves. In the last game, the Lakers beat the Blazers 139:106, the Lakers' biggest victory of the season.
Before the game began, the Lakers announced the starting lineup for today's game, which were: Westbrook, Bradley, Munch, James, Johnson. This starting lineup is exactly the same as the last game that beat the Trail Blazers.
In an interview before the game, Lakers coach Vogel said that the team will continue to use small lineups to start today, and the team has been learning how to use small lineups better recently, and has made some progress.
James has been in hot form recently, he has cut 30+ in 7 consecutive games, and last game he had 43 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists. After switching to center, James averaged 37.3 points, 12.3 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 2 blocks per game, shooting 57.3% from the field.
In the past four games, Westbrook has scored a triple-double, and in the last game to beat the Trail Blazers, Westbrook had 15 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists. It can be seen that Wei Shao's recent state has improved significantly.
In addition, Stanley Johnson will continue to be reused. Manager Vogel said: "He has done everything he needs to do and he has proved that he can help the team. He used to play on the flanks, and here in our case he would play center in a small squad, which seemed to open a new door for him to attack. ”
According to the schedule, the game will be held at 10:30 this morning, welcome to lock in Tencent Sports to watch this game.